George Hunter (Coca-Cola bottler)

George Hunter (Coca-Cola bottler)

George Thomas Hunter (1886 – 1950) was a businessman and philanthropist in Chattanooga, Tennessee who inherited and ran the Coca-Cola Bottling empire from his uncle Benjamin Thomas. [cite_encyclopedia| author=Ned L. Irwin |title=George Thomas Hunter |url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=H092 |encyclopedia=The Tennessee Encyclopedia |date=1998] Hunter's most notable philanthropic efforts is the creation of The Benwood Foundation and The Hunter Museum of American Art. Hunter Hall at UT Chattanooga was posthumously named in his honor.

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External links

* [http://huntermuseum.org/ The Hunter Museum of American Art] website
* [http://benwood.org The Benwood Foundation]


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